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Dec- 5-2003 0800 UTC Day 2 Convective Outlook
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   SPC AC 050832
   
   DAY 2 CONVECTIVE OUTLOOK  
   NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
   0232 AM CST FRI DEC 05 2003
   
   VALID 061200Z - 071200Z
   
   GEN TSTMS ARE FCST TO THE RIGHT OF A LINE FROM 45 ENE BLI 40 SE SEA
   35 SE PDX 40 ESE EUG 40 NE MFR 30 ESE LMT 35 WNW SVE 35 S RBL 25 WSW
   UKI.
   
   ...NO SVR TSTM AREAS FORECAST...
   
   ...SYNOPSIS...
   AMPLIFIED PATTERN EXPECTED THIS PERIOD AS POWERFUL CLOSED LOW MOVES
   SLOWLY NE FROM CNTRL MD/NRN VA NEWD TO S OF CAPE COD...AND A SERIES
   OF SHORTWAVE IMPULSES MAINTAIN BROAD/COMPLEX TROUGH OVER THE PACIFIC
   NW.  AT LOWER LEVELS...COLD/DRY AIR WILL PREVAIL E OF THE ROCKIES. 
   ONSHORE FLOW WILL...HOWEVER...MAINTAIN MODEST BOUNDARY LAYER
   MOISTURE ALONG THE N PACIFIC COAST.
   
   ...WRN WA/ORE AND NRN CA...
   UNSETTLED SHOWERY WEATHER WILL PREVAIL ALONG THE N PACIFIC COAST
   THROUGH THE PERIOD.  SOME THUNDER COULD OCCUR...ESPECIALLY LATER 
   SATURDAY ACROSS WRN ORE...WHERE DESTABILIZATION AND OROGRAPHIC
   ASCENT SHOULD MAXIMIZE IN WAKE OF COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS
   REGION EARLY IN THE PERIOD.  SUFFICIENT INSTABILITY/CLOUD DEPTH MAY
   DEVELOP TO SUPPORT MARGINALLY SEVERE HAIL.
   
   FARTHER S...SOMEWHAT STRONGER DEEP SHEAR WILL EXIST INVOF FRONTAL
   BAND AS IT CONTINUES SWD/EWD INTO NRN CA SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  WEAK
   INSTABILITY SHOULD LIMIT SEVERE RISK WITH ANY EMBEDDED STORMS ALONG
   BOUNDARY.
   
   ..CORFIDI.. 12/05/2003
   
   ...NOTICE...
   FOR USERS DECODING THE POINTS PARAGRAPH HEREIN...LATITUDE AND
   LONGITUDE POINTS FOR THE CATEGORICAL AND PROBABILISTIC OUTLOOK
   GRAPHICS ALSO ARE LOCATED IN A SEPARATE PRODUCT UNDER THE WMO
   HEADINGS WUUS01 PTSDY1...WUUS02 PTSDY2...AND WUUS03 PTSDY3.  THE
   INCLUSION OF POINTS IN THIS PRODUCT WILL EVENTUALLY BE DISCONTINUED.
   
   NOTE: THE NEXT DAY 2 OUTLOOK IS SCHEDULED FOR 1730Z
        
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